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MyCloud API PHP SDK

Authentication

The MyCloud API uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authetication. This stateless authentication protocol is becoming a popular standard for API's for many good technical reasons. Here at MyCloud, we chose JWT because it is simple to implement, requires very little overhead, has many libraries available in almost every popular programming language, and eliminates the need for state (such as sessions and cookies), which means that it can scale better.

If you are using the PHP SDK, you do not need to worry about JWT. All of the authentication is handled for you by the SDK. All you need to do is configure your API keys, and you are all set to beging using the API.